Kian Murray of Brunswick, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School. Murray is triple-majoring in business administration in marketing, finance and sport management; and has a dual degree in psychology with an abnormal/social concentration. Creating positive memories at UMaine by striving to find the fun moments in and out of the […]
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At the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, 41 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 19 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on April […]
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New England Cable News, WABI (Channel 5) WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), Maine Public, News Center Maine and Spectrum News featured a press conference hosted by Gov. Janet Mills at the Versant Power Astronomy Center to discuss how to safely enjoy the 2024 total solar eclipse. During the press conference, Mills highlighted eclipse-related projects from […]
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University of Maine professor of sociology Amy Blackstone was interviewed by Women’s Health Magazine on the social constructs of motherhood and the generational movement of women choosing to remain childfree. “We tend to think of motherhood as a natural part of being a woman,” said Blackstone. “Gen Z has insisted on disentangling the connection openly […]
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Jules Vázquez’s eyes were glued to a four-foot-tall, high-tech telescope being assembled in front of her at the Versant Power Astronomy Center. The telescope has an 80-millimeter lens and is equipped with a specialized camera and small computer. Astronomy center Director Shawn Laatsch was teaching Jules, a high school student at Baxter Academy for Technology […]
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The Harpswell Anchor interviewed University of Maine professor of psychology Cynthia Erdley on problems associated with social media use in K-12 students, a current discussion happening among the Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors. Erdley said studies have shown correlation between smartphone usage among adolescents, particularly girls, and increased depression and suicide risk. […]
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The 2024 Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity, the University of Maine’s premiere celebration of student achievement, will be on Friday, April 12 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the New Balance Field House. More than 1,000 students from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias will showcase their research, scholarship […]
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English undergraduate students Paige McHatten and Julia Hills, the student editors of The University of Maine’s undergraduate literary magazine The Open Field, are hosting a launch party for the 2024 installment of the publication with other editors and contributors at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 in the Writing Center, room 402 of Neville Hall. […]
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Eos highlighted Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, participating in the total solar eclipse by helping coordinate the Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 project. The effort, which builds on a similar project conducted around the 2017 total solar eclipse, is looking to place roughly 35 […]
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Dean Astumian, professor of physics at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Chemistry World on a recent development in light powered molecular crystal motors. Astumian, an expert in molecular machines at UMaine who was not involved in the research, is enthusiastic about the progress. “The idea of shining light on a system to get […]
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